2015
Development of Small Diameter Nanofiber Tissue Engineered Arterial Grafts
Kurobe H, Maxfield MW, Tara S, Rocco KA, Bagi PS, Yi T, Udelsman B, Zhuang ZW, Cleary M, Iwakiri Y, Breuer CK, Shinoka T. Development of Small Diameter Nanofiber Tissue Engineered Arterial Grafts. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0120328. PMID: 25830942, PMCID: PMC4382213, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmooth muscle cellsSmall-diameter arteriesSynthetic graftsDiameter arteriesSurvival of miceLarge-sized arteriesF4/80-positive macrophagesInner luminal diameterMatrix metalloproteinases 2Smooth muscle actinAneurysmal dilatationGraft stenosisSurgical repairPatency ratesSham groupArterial graftsSized arteriesVascular diseaseSham operationBg miceLuminal diameterDoppler ultrasoundHistologic analysisInterposition conduitsMuscle actin
2012
Proteomic Identification of S-Nitrosylated Golgi Proteins: New Insights into Endothelial Cell Regulation by eNOS-Derived NO
Sangwung P, Greco TM, Wang Y, Ischiropoulos H, Sessa WC, Iwakiri Y. Proteomic Identification of S-Nitrosylated Golgi Proteins: New Insights into Endothelial Cell Regulation by eNOS-Derived NO. PLOS ONE 2012, 7: e31564. PMID: 22363674, PMCID: PMC3283662, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031564.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGolgi proteinsGolgi phosphoprotein 3S-nitrosylationGolgi apparatusCysteine residuesSelective S-nitrosylationPlasma membrane caveolaeGolgi/endoplasmic reticulumProtein S-nitrosylationTarget cysteine residuesEndothelial cellsEndothelial nitric oxide synthaseMembrane caveolaeEndothelial cell lysatesProteomic identificationEndothelial cell regulationGolgi membranesBiotin switchCell regulationEndoplasmic reticulumENOS stimulationCell lysatesProteinImmunoprecipitationWestern blot